Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 313: Sister Support 

Ella

“Ella!” I hear my sister’s voice cry the same moment I hear the front door to the house open. I stand quickly from my seat in Sinclair’s office, Rafe awake and peaceful in my arms, and move to the open doorway.

“Cora!” I call. I see her spin away from the living room where she was looking for me and jog down the hall towards me, Roger closing the house’s main door behind him as he enters as well. Cora takes my shoulders in her hands as soon as she gets close.

–

“Are you

– are you all right?” she gasps, looking me over, and then looking down towards the baby. I can see a little relief come into her face the moment she sees us both before her, intact and safe.

“We’re okay,” I say, giving her a little smile. “For right now, we’re okay. Thank you for coming so late at night.”

My sister snaps her eyes up at me, frowning a little.

“What?” I ask.

“I just…” she says, confused, glancing back at Roger, “I didn’t expect you to be so calm.”

“Well, it happened like, eleven hours ago,” I say, raising my eyebrows at her. “We’ve had some time to process and plan

–

“The way this one was pounding on my door, flying around like

he mutters, his frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful heading into your apartment,

Cora huffs, narrowing her eyes at Roger and then turning back to me. Roger opens his mouth to retort but I reach out and give him a little shove and turn to my sister. Clearly in a mood, Roger just shakes his head and goes into

the investigators.

on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 – and then all of a sudden

complicated,” I say, hesitating and looping my arm

his team of investigators – the ones who were working on

and they wanted to…clear you. Before I was

me?” Cora asks,

pulling into a

shouts, her voice ringing out through the house. Rafe flinches and starts to cry,

“Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team needs to be thorough, and you were the last one who we know had the sample! It makes

believe I was a suspect! After everything!” Cora says, her voice softer now, but no less angry.

eyes and wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more like six hours. “And obviously you were cleared! So!” I shrug and look at her pleadingly, “maybe move on from

minute to breathe in deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her

know I would never hurt you, Ella,” Cora says, her voice as

apology. “You know that I know you have nothing to do with this just….please,

my investigators – they were

see that she understands. “Okay,” she says,

in his pockets as he slowly walks over to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of

you everything. But don’t your investigators have the notes?” Cora asks,

my sister a wide, too–eager smile. “Well…” I say, my voice wheedling as I passes the baby to Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms almost instantly

along with her jaw. “Are you serious? Ether?” she

do

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